AngularJS 1.4.x Directive Compile Example

var app = angular.module('plunker', []);

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'World';
  
});

app.directive('customTag', function(){
  return {
    restrict:'E',
    template : '<input type="text">',
    compile: function(tElement, tAttr){
      tElement.find("input").attr("ng-model",tAttr.model);
    }
  };
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
    <script data-require="angularjs@1.4.8" data-semver="1.4.8" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.8/angular.js"></script>
    <script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
    <p>Hello {{name}}!</p>
    
    <hr>
    
    <custom-tag model="name"></custom-tag>
    
  </body>

</html>

/* Put your css in here */